Bamuni hills, recently seen in news, is located in
A. Kerala
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Assam
D. Gujarat
Explanation:
Recently 18 elephants were died on a hilltop in Assam. The preliminary post-mortem report indicates they had been struck by lightning. The Bamuni Hill in Assam, where the elephants died, has no tall trees that could have taken the brunt of the lightning strike. In 2007, five elephants were killed in a similar incident in Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal. In 2016, over 300 reindeer were killed on Norway’s Hardangervidda plateau following thunderstorms. In 1972, 53 reindeer were killed in a lightning strike in Alaska.
